3 ms·
Eh, I imagine the protocols in place all around the world limit any initial response to only match the incoming threat’s size and scope, with a framework in pla
by judge2020 4y ago
Eh, I imagine the protocols in place all around the world limit any initial response to only match the incoming threat’s size and scope, with a framework in place to allow politics to decide whether or not to escalate with more force. So if Russia nuked a small village along the Rocky Mountains just to show ‘we can’, I don’t see the US sending anything huge to a populous area or Russia.
- throwaway1777 4y agoIf the last few years have showed us anything it’s that there are not protocols in place or a grand plan to save us all.
- adrianN 4y agoAre we no longer doing MAD? Where you promise to turn kill everything no matter how small the attack was?
- dirtyid 4y agoMAD is more for large scale counter value exchanges. Nonstrategic / theatre level / tactical nuclear use was always on the table and IMO probable when nuclear states become cornered. Here's a CRS report on it from this year. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/RL32572.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/RL32572.pdf